Speed Limit Increase Coming To Miles Of North Texas Interstate

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Soon you will be able to drive 75 miles per hour, legally, on hundreds of miles of North Texas interstate.

The Texas Transportation Commission approved a speed limit increase from 70 mph to 75 mph. The commission went ahead with the speed increase following a review that started last September and involved some 1,500 miles of interstate.

The state legislature approved the speed increase during last year’s session.

But, you can’t put the foot on the accelerator right now.

“Motorists must continue to travel at the posted speed until new signs are installed,” said Carol Rawson, TxDOT Traffic Operations division director. Rawson adds the new speed limit isn’t official until the signs are up and in place.

In North Texas, the designated roads include Interstate-20 through Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Van Zandt and Smith counties and also Interstate-30 in Hunt, Hopkins, Titus and Franklin counties.

One Comment

What happened to “55 saves lives”?
Speed still kills.
What are they smoking over there at the Texas Transportation Commission? Speed?

Now lets combine SPEED with TEXTING with DRUGS…a combo that spells disaster!

Why can’t 55 be fast enough?
Makes me think of the Arabian Nights story “Appointment in Samarra”. Remember that one?
The servant went to market. He bumped into death. He fled in fear. Went home and told his master that he was accosted by Death in the market and he must flee to Samara. He left. The master went to the market and asked Death why he had made a threatening gesture to his servant and Death answered:
It wasn’t a threat toward him…I was just surprised to see him, since I had an appointment with him tonight in Samara.